MEMENTO

About the Artist
Ali Shirazi was born in the southern city of Shiraz,Iran.He migrated to United States after the Iranian revolution in 1979.Later he graduated from the Music Department at San Jose State University in San Jose,California.His goal of song writing is to help bring about freedom and democracy to his native land, Iran.

Product Description
MEMENTO is a collection of songs in Persian.It aims to draw attention to social and political injustice in modern Iran.Therefore,the lyrics in this album is of great importance.The idea behind creating this album is that one needs to remember and learn from the past.

MEMENTO

MEMENTO,Ali Shirazi

Average customer rating: Love it! Different and Diverse BORING ARTWORK ! Only if you haven't heard them before... The best?

Memento: The Very Best Of Dead Can Dance Dead Can Dance Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | British Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Australia & New Zealand | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Thousand Roads Into the Labyrinth Aion Spiritchaser The Mirror Pool ASIN: B000AYEIAY Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

1. Nierika
2. The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove
3. Cantara
4. Carnival Is Over
5. Ariadne
6. Enigma of the Absolute
7. Lotus Eaters
8. In the Kingdom of Blind The One Eyed Are Kings
9. Sanvean
10. Yulunga
11. Song of the Sibyl
12. I Can See Now
13. American Dreaming
14. Host of Seraphim
15. How Fortunate the Man With None

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Dead Can Dance went down in acrimonious flames in 1998, but that didn't stop its founders, Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard, from getting together for a sold-out world tour in 2005. No new music has come out of the reunion yet, but in the meantime they've released a collection that encapsulates the wonder of this remarkable and influential group. Emerging on the 4AD label in the early 1980s, Dead Can Dance sounded like a gothic nun and troubadour lost in time. Gerrard was the impassioned locus, singing in a transcultural vocalise that tapped into the spirit of Middle Eastern, Bulgarian, and Gregorian styles. She chants a dark meditation on the 16th century hymn "Song of the Sibyl" and a wailing enraptured delirium on "Cantara," and brings the spirit of Hildegard von Bingen into an ecstatic tribal trance on "Yulunga." But Gerrard was only one side of DCD. In a Jim Morrison-meets-Sinatra croon, Brendan Perry intoned lyrics of portent and loss. Transglobal instruments, gothic ambience, and Perry's love of American folk merged in their music. Although there's nothing new here and no tracks appear from their first album, Memento serves as a nearly perfect introduction to an influential band that still draws a fervent audience. Apparently the dead still can dance. --John Diliberto

Album Description

Cofounded in Australia in the early '80s by Irish punk bassist/singer Brendan Perry and Australian vocalist Lisa Gerrard, Dead Can Dance transplanted to London in 1982 and quickly became globally renowned for their stylistically diverse and groundbreaking music as well as their incredible live shows. Fusing atmospheric, ambient pop, spiritual undertones, and alt-electronica with world beats and European folk-both contemporary and centuries old-their string of album masterpieces kicked off in 1984 with a self-titled debut. After disbanding in '99, Perry went solo and Gerrard became a prominent film composer, celebrated for her Golden Globe winning score for Gladiator, among other works. Their cult following thrives, and Rhino's new compilation coincides with the band's reunion, their first together in many years.

Customer Reviews:

Love it!.......2007-06-24

I just don't see how anybody can write a bad review on this CD. This is the greatest hits of Dead Can Dance. The only people who would even dare write a bad review on DCD are people who have no buisness owning a greatest hits album by this band in the first place. Every song is magic. Every track is great. The production is excellent. The qaulity is perfect. The album is perfect. If you like melodic world music, or dark romantic music, than this is your shure thing. DCD also have a large goth following, but if goth isn't your thing don't let that sway you. This beautiful music and verry enchanting on every level.

Different and Diverse.......2007-03-24

This CD seems to be a good cross-cut of what Dead Can Dance was capable of doing. It seems to be a bit inconsistent although very nicely done. The group might have focused more on a particular style or theme of their other efforts. I realize this is a "best of" album, and so a few different genres were represented. I discovered the group accidentally just week ago while perusing Celtic CDs, including Patrick Cassidy. I took a step of faith and ordered this CD. I'm not disappointed one bit. I'll enjoy it for a long time to come. Oh, yeah, one thing, when the first track starts off, don't think your CD player is having a problem. The synthesized opening strains are for real. It kinda threw me off at first, but it culminates into a great piece. Sit back, relax, and enjoy it.

BORING ARTWORK !.......2006-12-12

These songs are great and I agree with Rene [See Below] but might these songs be remastered, cus they sound Terrific. A good cd for beginners or even the previous comp "A Passage in Time". I got this cd cus it was cheap at the closing of Tower Records. When I opened the cd, I noticed the insert had a couple of pages. BUT NO PHOTOS OF THE BAND :(
I would've at least put a photos going thru their different musical eras or live shots or something. This cd has pretty much every album represented except for Their 1st Album "Dead Can Dance and Ep "Garden of the Arcane Delights", which is a shame because I would've loved to hear them remastered.

-1 star out of 5 for boring artwork!

Only if you haven't heard them before..........2006-06-05

This is simply another collection of songs from previous works and if you have not heard this wonderful group before, then dive in by all means. Established fans will know that this is just another marketing ploy to squeeze some more buck$ out. Personally, I would recommend the live "Toward the Within" CD as a good overview, if only because the live feel of the sound gives it a greater immediacy.

The best?.......2006-03-22

I would have to say that it is somewhat impossible to impose this is the very best of dead can dance on us. With so many albums and solo projects between them and previous compilation releases how can you finger just these 12 or 14 songs as "the very best". Comming from a true fan this is rediculous at best.

As far as endorsing a compliation, I cant and I wont. I see it as a ploy by the industry to squeeze out a few more dollars. Your better off making your own complilation on mp3 at least you can fit more songs.

Average customer rating: Awesomeness! Wonderful

Memento Mori The Bastard Fairies Manufacturer: Adrenaline Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: RoadKillOvercoat At My Age Zerospace Return to Cookie Mountain (with Bonus Tracks) Back to Black ASIN: B000NQR7P2 Release Date: 2007-04-10

Tracks:

1. The Greatest Love Song
2. Apple Pie
3. Habitual Inmate
4. The Boy Next Door
5. Ode To The Prostitute
6. A Case Against Love
7. We're All Going To Hell
8. A Venomous Tale
9. Everyone Has A Secret
10. Maybe She Likes It
11. Guns And Dolls
12. Moribund
13. Exoskeleton
14. A Heathens Lament
15. Whatever
16. Memento Mori
17. Ten Little Indians

Album Description

The Bastard Fairies could be termed an oxymoron. If this is the case, then their music is most definitely oxymoronic. Naughty but nice, sweet and sour, beautifully macabre, wonderfully morose. Like a baby with a razor blade, it'll hug you then cut you with no warning. Lead singer, Yellow Thunder Woman, fiercely intelligent and clearly disturbed is that baby, assigned to take you through the many trials of life and understand that, no matter who you are, or where you've come from, we are all screwed up and twisted and each of us is a bastard fairy in our own little way. The band has become a Myspace and YouTube favorite with their song "We're All Going To Hell".

Customer Reviews:

Awesomeness!.......2007-04-19

i just describe the awesomeness of this cd! and, ok, the music may not be appropriate for all ages, but so what? the lyrics are well written and tastefull. I cant even pick a favorite song, they are all so incredable! I definately reccomend listening to this.

Wonderful.......2007-04-15

I first downloaded the free album they had on their site and it blew me away. I haven't bought a CD in 10 years but I just had to buy this when it came out. Yellow Thunder Woman has such sweet yet seductive voice. I highly recommend this to anyone sick of the corporate trash on the airwaves these days. Support Independent Artists.

Average customer rating: Here's where Memento went: Where are they? pretty decent An Amazing Album Weird Foreign Crap.

Beginnings Memento Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Metal | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Bitter Shovel Headspace Above the Noise Manmade God Lo-Pro ASIN: B00008BXIJ Release Date: 2003-02-25

Tracks:

1. Nothing Sacred
2. Saviour
3. Beginnings
4. Shell
5. Abyss
6. Below
7. Reflections
8. Blister
9. Coming
10. Stare
11. Figure 8
12. Coming (Video)
13. Nothing Sacred (Video)

Customer Reviews:

Here's where Memento went:.......2007-07-14

Memento have changed their name to Nine Times Bodyweight. You can hear new songs at www.myspace.com/ninetimesbodyweight. This cd is amazing, ranging from the heavy rock of Nothing Sacred, Abyss, and Coming, to the softer progressive Beginnings and Blister. A Great hard rock cd.

Where are they?.......2006-11-25

All I can say is "who are these guys" and where have they gone? The cd came out in 2003, and I don't see any other efforts from them? I bought this cd on a whim, and I must say I can't stop listening to it! Please don't tell me that they broke up. How can a band this talented only put out 1 cd? Like Future leaders of the world, put out 1 great cd and break up? This is an awesome cd, and I highly recommend it! Very high quality music. Please Memento....put out another cd!

pretty decent.......2006-03-03

I think this cd is pretty good. If you think it is going to all be like "Nothing Sacred" it is not. Most of it is much better. It is a very emotional and unique sounding cd.

An Amazing Album.......2006-02-13

First of all i would like to say this is possibly the greatest rock album that i own. This album might not appeal to most people because not every song sounds the same... they are actually almost all different almost entirely. After hearing "nothing sacred" i figured that this band would be just like every other "rock" band out there untill i listened to the whole cd. You can not judge cd on it's first listen either. I actually listened to it once and then tossed it on the back seat of my car as i have done with most of my favorite bands. If you are going to listen to any song at all then listen to "figure 8" While it may be a 13 minute song and most people who enjoy todays "pop rock" don't even have the attention span to pay attention to anything for 13 minutes it is possibly one of the greatest songs i have ever heard. If you can not find the genius in this song then your favorite bands are probably staind, korn or chevelle (ok so i couldn't mock tensionexperiment's review with nonpoint seeing as how they are my second favorite band but i'm sure he doesn't understad their music either) If you like something new and different and you didn't think that nothing sacred was a "bad@$$ hard rock song" then take a closer look at this album, you'll be suprised

Weird Foreign Crap........2005-06-27

Like the last guy said, Nothing Sacred is such a bad@$$ hard rock song it makes you wonder what these guys were thinking when they threw the rest of the album together. There's a few hard rock/metal attempts but they all suck and none of them are effective in the least, with the exception of Nothing Sacred..definitely one-hit wonder status for these guys.

Average customer rating: For fans of fusion and erotic funk Where's the soul?? "produced by st. germain" caught my eye...

Memento Soel Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Acid Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Jazz Funk | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: From Detroit to St. Germain Real Music for Real People Boulevard: New Version: The Complete Series Tourist Bebel Gilberto ASIN: B0002ABUEI Release Date: 2005-03-01

Tracks:

1. Le Vicomte
2. Shining Pains
3. My Singing Soul
4. Prelude
5. Black Women
6. The Earth Mother
7. To This World
8. The Way U R
9. We Have Died Already

Album Description

Soel is Pascal Ohse, trumpeter extraordinaire for Ludovic Navarre of St Germain fame, and Memento is the St Germain - produced debut album for this contemporary jazz genre-buster. Mixing jazz, funk, soul, hip hop, house, dub, electro and a world vibe, all influenced by '70s film noir, Memento offers chill-out sensuality in a time of sound and fury for the legions of fans who took St Germain's landmark album Boulevard to #1 Con- temporary Jazz and Tourist to the Top 20.

Customer Reviews:

For fans of fusion and erotic funk.......2007-01-06

This album involves various styles, but most of the tracks are a blend of 70s-everything. Tracks 3 and 5 are perfect for intimate moments with another human being. Highly emotional atmospheres!

Where's the soul??.......2005-11-10

Why did I bother with this CD? It's truly hard to sit through even if you're just looking for background music. Monotonous and trite, each track, built on programmed beats, is more empty than the next. I've heard it all before. The last track finally gives us a glimmer of originality , but its too little too late.

"produced by st. germain" caught my eye..........2005-03-01

first off, this isnt 'genre-busting'... i dont know where i'd go to classify this, but it's earthy, full and rich... very layered and has a lovingly nappy texture. organic.

if i still believed in 'neo-soul' then i'd say that this would either be 'the origin of it' or the 'elevation' to it... guess that jus makes it 'soulful'... not as 'jazz heavy' as what you might expect coming from the st. germaine camp...
ummmmm, soel's album is comparable to archie shepp's 'attica blues'... contemporary to groups such as fertile ground, the pharaohs (extinct early 70's souljazz group/the roots of earth, wind and fire), gil scott-heron, alice coltrane...
or imagine if cinematic orchestra, roy ayers, isaac hayes , george clinton and fela kuti all came together to create an album...

...yeah, that might define it for me...

i buy 5 to 8 cds a month, at least, and this will go down as one of my top ten purchases for 2005... a great weekend album to lounge around with cultured friends.

peace yall,
dirtyboy.

Average customer rating: What's Essential About This? Pros and Cons.. Love Morricone, hate this collection Essential Morricone Another Morriconne Collection

Crime and Dissonance Manufacturer: Ipecac Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Morricone, Ennio | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Italy | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone Crazy Price Ennio Morricone: The Thriller Collection Moonchild Tango Saloon ASIN: B000AA4LLO Release Date: 2005-11-29

Tracks:

1. Girono Di Notte
2. Astratto 3
3. Corsa Sui Tetti
4. Ric Happenning
5. Memento Riereazione Diverdita
6. Studio Di Colore
7. Forza G
8. Placcaggio
9. Seuita
10. Postludio Alla Terza Moglia
11. L'uccello Dalle Piume
12. II Buio
13. Raprimento In Campo Aperto
14. De Fotografie
15. Bambola
16. Minna Nanna Per adulteri
17. Astrazione

Tracks:

1. Trafelato
2. Sensi
3. Gil Intoccabili
4. Fondante Paure
5. L'Attento - Version 1
6. Fumerie' d'Opium
7. 1970
8. Esplicitamente Sospeso
9. Squenz 10
10. Paura e Aggrellione
11. Folle Folle
12. Un Uomo Da Rispettare

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Finally, the listening public is treated to a Morricone compilation that focuses on his more daring, outre, and lesser known score music. Nothing against his better-known spaghetti western soundtrack work; there is a reason after all that stuff is so well known, because it's fantastic and wholly original. But did you know the dude scored more films than any other composer (over 500), that his discography is twice that of Sun Ra, that he made amazing psychedelia and crazy funk and subtle experimental music? Assembled by the brilliant musician/ musical curator Alan Bishop for Mike Patton's Ipecac label with liner notes by John Zorn, the aptly titled Crime and Dissonance is culled from extremely rare releases from the early `70s. It's strange stuff, but very enjoyable and easily among the finest and most necessary reissues of the entire year. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

What's Essential About This?.......2007-04-21

A sticker on the jewel case proclaims Crime and Dissonance "an absolutely essential Morriconography". A couple of listens had me wondering what is so essential about this? Unfortunately, essential is an abused term when it comes to describing music. This might be said to be essential if you are a Morricone completeist, but when you compare the quality of the music here with that of some of his other compositions, you'll find that Crime and Dissonance is rather easily dispensible.
Is the music here unusual? Quite. But the question must be asked why anyone would sit around and just listen to it. This stuff belongs in a movie. Unlike many other Morricone compositions, the pieces here do not fit with any kind of mood you might have except that generated while you are watching a film.
I know a lot of folks with broad musical tastes, but I don't know of anyone who would listen to this CD just for pleasure or even for background music unless one was operating a commercial haunted house or having some kind of themed party. There's too much other better Morricone music out there!
I like Ennio Morricone and I am sure these pieces fit in the contexts for which they were intended, but I could have gone on quite happily without ever having heard Crime and Dissonance.

Pros and Cons.........2006-03-10

Pros:
Ennio Morricone was a terrific experimental composer. This music is Wierd.

Cons:
Kind of wierd combination of songs.. a lot of them don't feel like they should be on the same album.

Love Morricone, hate this collection.......2006-01-08

It's as if they took the most obnoxious parts they could find, and memorialized them.

Morricone is the master. But this collection misrepresents his genius.

I guess the Dissonance part in the title excuses all.

Essential Morricone.......2005-12-20

Crime and Dissonance is by far the best collection of Ennio Morricone's film music on the market. Primarily, because it focuses exclusively on a phase of Morricone's career that's largely been ignored (until now). This 2 disc collection contains some of Morricone's most startling, dark, spooky and adventurous music. Composed largely for obscure Italian horror movies and crime dramas, the music contained here is quite innovative for its time. Filled with almost avant jazz and psychedelic sounds, this is a great listen. The excellent tracklisting ignores chronology in favor of a thematic flow, and it works. This two disc set along with one of the many fine Morricone Western score collections is essential for any good music library. The man was far more than just a film composer, as this disc proves. Excellent.

Another Morriconne Collection.......2005-12-14

This compilation is gifted with lush photographs that depict the films they represent. However, not only are there far more vibrant Morriconne compilations available but the majority of these "rare" tracks already exist on other compilations. I love and treasure anything by Morriconne but, this compilation seems inappropriate especially with the Thriller Collection available (which mirrors this compilation in selections and tone). Out of the Argento/Morriconne collection, main titles compilations, and miscellaneous other soundtracks this one ranks among Wolf at a groveling beautiful suspensful mediocrity. But, when mediocore is written in the same sentence as Morriconne; one can only expect it to be the most heavenly kind of medicore.

Average customer rating: Very Cool This is a great recording ... Gramaphone Mag top 1000 !!!

Peter Sculthorpe: Earth Cry; Piano Concerto Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Camargo Guarnieri: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Ferguson: Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra; Gerhard: Concerto for Piano and Strings Douglas Lilburn: A Song of Islands; Aotearoa Overture; Forest Ince: Symphony No. 3 'Siege of Vienna'; Symphony No. 4 'Sardis' Ivanovs: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 20 ASIN: B00068CVKI Release Date: 2004-11-16

Tracks:

1. Earth Cry - William Barton
2. Memento Mori
3. Piano Concerto - Tamara Anna Cislowska
4. From Oceania
5. Kakadu

Album Description

This recording of music by Tasmanian-born Peter Sculthorpe contains works that are related to the unique social climate and physical characteristics of the Pacific region. Earth Cry for didgeridoo and orchestra is a straightforward and melodious work whose four parts comprise quick, ritualistic music framed by slower music of a supplicatory nature and an extended coda. The Piano Concerto, written within the European concert tradition, is in one continuous movement, consisting of five sections with musical ideas from the ancient court music of Japan and the Balinese gamelan. From Oceania is composed in what is known as Sculthorpe's Sun Music style, in which the orchestra is treated like a giant percussion instrument.

Customer Reviews:

Very Cool.......2006-07-02

Listening to Sculthorpe's music is quite an experience. It's as if the music takes you to another part of the world. The sonorites are unlike anything I've heard in anyone else's work. Sculthorpe's compositions are truly unique. The music is primal, flowing, intense, mysterious and intriguing. It's as if the music evokes some kind of call to the naturalistic side of mankind. This recording has several great pieces on it that are unlike any other music I've ever heard.

The disc opens with Earth Cry, a dialogue between a digeridoo soloist and a full orchestra. It is somewhat reminicient of a tribal dance. The music depicts a cry of nature. It's wild, even somewhat animalistic. The orchestra screams with bombastic, dissonant chords, and the digeridoo imitates the sounds of many wild animals. Earth Cry is a very intense experience.

Following Earth Cry, we have Memento Mori. Sculthorpe makes use of the low strings with this piece. There is a lot of mystery in the opening passages, but soon we encounter flowing music. There are some beautiful melodies played by the strings. The piece slowly picks up in tension and volume. The lush chords wash over the listener. The multiple textures throughout the orchestra are countless. The piece just unfolds. It doesn't exactly build or anything. That's the beauty of it. It just happens.

Sculthorpe's epic piano concerto is unlike any other piano concerto I've ever heard. The music is very mysterious and looming, foreshadowing the chaos and rampage that follow. The harmonic sounds in the piece are quite unusual, but accesable. It's a constant shift between the dualities of dissonance and consonance. What I like most about Sculthorpe's piano concerto is that it's not as much about the technical virtuosity of the solo, but that the soloist and the orchestra work together to paint an incredible picture. Sometimes, the soloist acts as a tinkling acompaniment to another orchestral instrument with a whining melody. The concerto is performed in one massive movement and there is plenty of room for artistic flair from the soloist. The piece builds to a resonant climax and sends the listener into Nirvana.

Following the piano concerto is "From Oceania." This piece tends to make very good use of the sections of the orchestra that fade into the woodwork much of the time. Sculthorpe features the Low Brass and Percussion sections to create a piece of exciting rhythms and incredible tension. Sculthorpe grabs other instruments to make many interesting sounds like screaming high violins and strident pitch-bending reeds. This piece is probably the most abstract of all the pieces on this album, so traditionalists beware.

The disc closes with "Kakadu," a piece that opens with an exciting rhythmic pulse but later falls in to holes of vast, empty space in the orchestra. The piece alternates between the harsh, tense sonorites and victorious, celebratory passages. There is also a beautiful and tremendously exposed oboe solo, not to mention a chorus of bird calls from the high strings.

Sculthorpe's music is especially unique. I'm not sure that I have used adequate words to describe it here. The only way you can know for sure how this music will affect you is to experience it for yourself.

This is a great recording ... Gramaphone Mag top 1000 !!!.......2005-12-22

Ivan Moody writes in Gramaphone Magazine:
"The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's anthology is one of the best to have come my way, featuring an excellent selection of his work ... in finely judged performances from this excellent orchestra (the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra www.nzso.co.nz).

A must have recording for your collection!

Average customer rating: A nice overview of Caruso's legacy Unearthly If You Only Buy One Caruso . . .

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Tracks:

1. Act II: Amor Ti Vieta
2. Act II: Che Gelinda Manina
3. Act III: Salut Demeure Chaste Et Pure
4. Act III: Di Quella Pira
5. Act IV: Spirto Gentil, Ne' Sogni Miei (Romanza)
6. Act III: Solenne In Quest'Ora
7. Act IV: Mi Batte Il Cor...O Paradiso!
8. Act I: Un Di All'Azzurro Spazio (Improvviso)
9. Recitar!... Vesti La Giubba
10. Act I: Questa O Quella
11. Act IV: La Donna E Mobile
12. Act III: Ah Si, Ben Mio
13. Act I: Celeste Aida
14. Act I: Recondita Armonia
15. Act III: E Lucevan Le Stelle
16. Act III: Della Natal Sua Terra Il Padre... O Tu Che In Seno Agl' Angeli
17. Act II: Magiche Note
18. Act II: La Fleur Que Tu M'Avais Jetee
19. Act I: Ah, Qual Soave Vision...Bianca Al Par Di Neve
20. Act II: Cielo E Mar
21. Act II: Nell'Ore Arcane Della Sua Lussuria... Ora E Per Sempre Addio
22. Un Ballo In Maschera: Act I: Di' Tu Se Fedele
23. Act II: Una Furtiva Lagrima

Tracks:

1. Act III: Je Suis Seul... Ah, Uyez, Douce Image
2. Act II: Chi Mi Frena In Tal Momento? (Sextett)
3. Act I: O Soave Fanciulla
4. Act III: Ella Mi Fu Rapita!...Parmi Veder Le Lagrime
5. Act I: Donna Non Vidi Mai
6. Cujus Animam
7. Act II: Oh! Mostruosa Colpa!... Si, Pel Ciel
8. Act I: Libiamo, Libiamo (Brindisi)
9. Ingemisco
10. Act II: Faiblesse De La Race Humaine!... Inspirez-Moi, Race Divine
11. Act III: Ah! Tout Est Bien Fini!... O Souverain, O Juge, O Pere!
12. Act IV: O Figli, O Figli Miei... Ah, La Paterna Mano
13. Act II: Pour Moi Ce Jour Est Tout Mystere
14. Act I: A Cette Voix Quel Trouble...Je Crois Entendre Encore
15. Act IV: Bella Figlia Dell'Amore (Quartett) - Giuseppe De Luca
16. Act II: Chi Mi Frena In Tal Momento? (Sextett) - Amelita Galli-Curci
17. Act I: Frondi Tenere E Belle...Ombra Mai Fu (Largo)
18. Act I: Studenti! Udite!
19. Crucifixus

Customer Reviews:

A nice overview of Caruso's legacy.......2007-01-04

Enrico Caruso was one of the first "media stars," with his recordings selling widely in the early twentieth century; he helped popularize the recording industry. He was one of the leading tenors of his day, and is regarded as one of the tops of the twentieth century (although he began serious singing in the late 19th century).

This CD features some of his "greatest hits," among which are his well reputed version of "Vesti la giubba" (from I Pagliacci, one of his signature operas); arias from Verdi's Rigoletto, including the bold "Questa o quella" and "La donna e mobile"; some of his most popular recordings from Puccini, including "E lucevan le stelle," "Recondita armonia," and "Che gelida manina." Nice additions to the CD are wonderful ensemble pieces, such as the sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor (including the voice of Luisa Tetrazzini) and the quartet from Rigoletto (with Amelita Galli-Curci).

Interesting tidbits include his first recording, from 1902, and his last, from 1920.

All in all, this is a very nice representation of his work. I'm not sure that it compares with the old LP (with him in clown outfit) that includes Rossini's nearly unsingable "La danza," among other items. But it is a terrific introduction to the art of Caruso. Anyone who has not listened to this tenor's works before would be well advised to use this as their entree to his oeuvre.

Unearthly.......2002-12-23

Forget toiling for a BMW, enjoy finer things in life.One of my personal favorites is ''Le pecheurs de perles'', but the offer is overwhelming.

If You Only Buy One Caruso . . ........2001-01-03

let this be it! Wonderful, generous selection of his singles for Victor, most of them solos, but a few duets, quartets, quintets, and a sextet. The accompanying booklet makes a great deal of including his first and last recordings, but by far the most important here is Caruso's 1907 recording of Vesti la giubba, the first classical recording to sell over a million copies in the United States. If you listen to it, you'll know why--it's every bit as melodramatic as the minstrel show singles with which it shared the top of the early twentieth-century charts.

Average customer rating: "Now... where was I? " Best soundtrack ever minus the INSPIRED BY songs! Great music for writers. Wonderful and moving unbelievable and shocking...

Memento: Music for and Inspired by the Film David Julyan , and Various Artists Manufacturer: Sire / London/Rhino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Insomnia (Score) The Descent The Prestige Traffic: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Donnie Darko (Score) ASIN: B00005CENW Release Date: 2001-05-15

Tracks:

1. Opening Titles/Polaroid Fades
2. Motel Room/Arriving At The Derelict
3. Snapshot - Roni Size
4. Focus On Sight - Thievery Corporation
5. Stone - Monc
6. Remember Me
7. The Facts/Tattoos
8. More Facts
9. Treefingers (Extended Version) - Radiohead
10. All Is Full Of Love (Funkstorung Mix) - Bjork
11. Motel Room/Arriving At The Motel
12. Leonard And Natalie
13. Time For My Shot
14. Losing Control/Tattoo Parlor
15. First Cool Hive - Moby
16. Who Am I - Peace Orchestra
17. Amnesia - Paul Oakenfold
18. Arriving At The Derelict/Jimmy
19. Memento (Main Theme)
20. Something In The Air - David Bowie

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

The challenge for young filmmakers tackling genre pieces is often considerably more than breathing new life into old familiarities. In the tradition of John Boorman's Point Blank, Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, and Steven Soderbergh's The Limey, sophomore English director Christopher Nolan's film noir whodunit doesn't so much deconstruct traditional narrative as shatter it outright, challenging viewers to examine the broken pieces from fresh perspectives. Musically, Nolan has again turned to David Julyan, the young Brit composer who also scored the director's debut, Following. The musician seizes the opportunity to both literalize the noir label and trash its various sonic clichés, infusing the film with an ambient electronic score that's as deliciously moody as it is modern. Julyan's tense soundscape is cannily seasoned with a well-chosen, equally modern slate of club and rock tracks from Roni Size, Thievery Corporation, Monc, Moby, Peace Orchestra, Paul Oakenfold, Radiohead, Björk, and David Bowie, an eclectic mix that meshes perfectly with the film's nothing-is-what-it-seems sensibility. --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

Music for and inspired by the film featured at the Sundance Film Festival (2001). The film is being released this spring nationwide. This release features tracks Roni Size, Groove Armada, Radiohead, Bjork, Tricky, Peace Orchestra, Paul Oakenfold and Delerium. The original film score is by David Julyan. 20 tracks. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews:

"Now... where was I? ".......2003-03-23

Christopher Nolan's "Memento" is a groundbreaking film that shocked audiences when it was featured at the Sundance film festival in 2001 and has since gone on to stun audiences worldwide. For such an intriguing film, a good score was integral to create overall appeal and success.

David Julyan has created a haunting and moody score for "Memento". Being a film score buff, I noticed the amazing music during the opening credits and before I was even five minutes into the movie, I had already decided to purchase the soundtrack ASAP. I was not disappointed.

The soundtrack is very diverse; it features snippets of dialogue, songs written "for and inspired by the film", and the score. The music helps to create the dream-like, uneasy atmosphere so essential to "Memento".

Best soundtrack ever minus the INSPIRED BY songs!.......2002-08-10

I still gave this soundtrack 5 stars because of the score. There are more score songs on here than INSPIRED BY which was a great decision on Thrive Records' part. Most CDs only contain about 4 tracks of score (Resident Evil for one), but this one is the best! I like how they left David Bowie's SOMETHING IN THE AIR song on the disc, because it was a big part of the movie. Some of the Inspired by songs are good like the Roni Size, Radiohead, Bjork and Paul Oakenfold songs are great additions. This is a perfect companion to the Limited Edition DVD of the movie. The music score is a big part of the movie, because it adds that dark, moodiness to the movie that all of us love. I'm just glad that they released a soundtrack to this movie, it deserves it. But I wish there would have been some work in the mastering department, because on my AIWA 2 speaker system there is a crackling noise coming from the score, everything else is good though. Buy this CD, you will not regret it!

Great music for writers........2002-08-09

I was intrigued by this soundtrack from the get-go. Not because of the tracks by Bjork, Radiohead, or Moby, but mainly from the score written by David Julyan. It was one of those scores that almost seduces the listener and it fit the film perfectly. Now, should you buy this cd? Sure. Especially if you enjoy writing stories and have to have some music to write by. This cd is perfect for any author who writes about gloomy subjects. Also, the other artists do a fine job, although Bjork's song in kind of freaky.

Wonderful and moving.......2002-03-16

This CD contains both music from the Memento soundtrack, and music "inspired by" the film. As one who enjoyed David Julyan's stylish, atmospheric score for Memento, I was a little wary of the "inspired by" selections. (Remember "Batman" and the Prince "inspired by" music?) I shouldn't have worried, though. The extra selections are every bit as moody, atmospheric,and meditative as the Memento score, and they fit in perfectly on the album. Radiohead's "Treefingers" is particularly awesome.

This is "space music" at its finest, electronic tonalities with a deep, dream-like quality. The soundtrack album brings out nuances of the score that were easy to miss when viewing the film. I find myself amazed at how deeply moving this music is. While a few cues from the film are missing (like the urgent, driven music that plays when Lenny confronts Natalie at her apartment about Dodd--one of my favorites), overall, the selection is very good. Highly recommended.

unbelievable and shocking..........2001-12-09

ým a movie score n soundtrack collector and ý have listened lots of albums...but this is very different...ý loved the haunting n chilling scores of david julyan...expecially his ones are great and cant be better ...also ý loved the track" stone" that still make me remember the bar scene...ý have listened the cd hundreds of times and ý can do it for many years ý think...music of the year and music of my life...

have this cd ...

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Renaissance Masterpieces (Box Set) Manufacturer: Brilliant Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Gibbons, Orlando | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lassus | Lassus, Orlando di(Lasso) | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tallis | Tallis, Thomas | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Taverner | Taverner, John | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Brilliant Classics | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Brumel: Missa 'Et ecce terrae motus'; Sequentia 'Dies irae' /Huelgas Ensemble * P van Nevel Willaert: Missa Christus Resurgens, Magnificat Sexti Toni, etc / Summerly, Oxford Camerata Palestrina: Masses (Box Set) Telemann String Concertos Musica Antiqua Koln Goebel Jesus of Nazareth ASIN: B000092Q5W Release Date: 2003-04-29

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Memento Booka Shade Manufacturer: Get Physical Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Movements Body Language, Vol. 1 Get Physical, Vol. 2 Get Physical Berlinette ASIN: B0002ZLFIO Release Date: 2005-09-27

Tracks:

1. Vertigo
2. Double Identity
3. Memento
4. On & On
5. Friend for a Night
6. Mr. Torrance
7. Frantic
8. Something Physical
9. S.T.A.R.R.Z.
10. Armdes Ombres
11. Cha!
12. 16mm
13. Noisy Man
14. Moonstruck

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2. Music Berlin Phonogramm-Archive 1900-2000
3. Na Batida Da Zabumba [Import]
4. New Standards
5. Niw Wierzcie Elektrykom [Import]
6. Northern Lights [Import]
7. O Melhor De Roberto Menescal [Import]
8. O Sucesso Da Cidade FM V.2 [Import]
9. Odi et Amo [Import]
10. Old Gold Anthems: Songs of the Wolves

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